By Richielyn Canlas Photo from Manila-PIO/Manila Bulletin The Manila local government received a brand new fire truck from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Wednesday, July 5. The turnover ceremony was held at the Bureau of Fire Protection-National Headquarters...
Photo from Diann Calucin/MANILA BULLETIN The city government of Manila and the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched the Manila leg of the Hop-On Hop-Off (HOHO) bus tour project at the Kartilya ng Katipunan in Ermita district on Thursday, July 6. HOHO is the new project initiated by the DOT as part...
BEIJING, China - China has launched its first homegrown open-source operating system for computers, state media said on Thursday, as Beijing seeks to reduce its foreign dependence at a time of increased rivalry with the United States. The announcement of the new system came just before US...
BEIJING, China - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing on Thursday, kicking off a visit aimed at improving communication and stabilising the tense relationship between the world's two largest economies. Yellen's trip through Sunday is her first to China as treasury secretary, and...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - Authorities in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia near Europe's largest nuclear plant, under Russian control, said Thursday they are preparing for the "worst" as fears of sabotage mount. Kyiv and Moscow accused each other this week of planning an incident at the plant,...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Nine people including seven children were injured, some believed critically, on Thursday when a car collided with a primary school building in southwest London. Police said they were not treating the incident at the private Study Prep girls' school in Wimbledon, as...
PARIS, France - French MPs on Thursday called on the government to ban video-sharing platform TikTok unless it clarifies its links to China, days after the government blamed social media for fuelling recent riots. A Senate commission of inquiry set up to probe TikTok's handling of data and...
VIENNA, Austria - The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine is on high alert with Kyiv and Moscow this week accusing each other of planning a covert attack. The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has repeatedly warned of the risks...
The Quezon City government assessed the state and structural integrity of several infrastructures after an Intensity III earthquake was recorded in the city on Thursday, July 6. The local government immediately evacuated all the employees at the City Hall after the City Disaster Risk Reduction and...
Photo from Ricky Oras/MANILA BULLETIN Twelve families were affected while P300,000 worth of damage was reported in a fire that broke out in a residential area in Sampaloc, Manila on Thursday, July 6. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), the fire was raised to the first alarm at 5:19...
The Pasig City Public Employment Service Office (PESO) was recognized by the Department of Interior and Local Government - National Capital Region (DILG-NCR) as the "Best PESO" in Metro Manila after winning the first prize in the agency's 2022 search for the best employment office in the...
Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar commended the Las Piñas Federation of Motorized Tricycle for Hire, Inc. on the crucial role played by tricycle operators in the city's transportation system. Aguilar commended the group during the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected officer held at...
